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You know we roll like that. We big china’s with our big bro and sis urban culture websites JHBLive and Rage and have much respect for both of ’em. We’re all after a similar aim peeps – to encourage a good life for good people in a good city…So let’s spread the love.
Yet again JHBLive are having one of their wicked Inna City parties on 2 June at the Bassline in Newtown – it’s a surefire fabulara night showcasing the latest in Jozi musical kulcha and one you don’t want to miss. BUT tickets are limited this year so make sure to buy yours soonest!
Here’s the dope:
Come join JHBLive as we bring you the Next Live Inna City event. Expect a groundbreaking blend of animation, video stories, live music, vicious vocals and Balkan beats, all blasting at you, from the notorious Bassline sound system, across two dance floors. All we need to make the evening complete is you.Your essential guide to urban life, JHBLive, has decided to bring you a multimedia, audio-visual experience that’s more than just a party.
Live Inna City will blend jazz, breaks, hip-hop and cutting edge visuals to create an experience that won’t just provide you with sights and sounds to move your body to (though it will do that too), but that may just warp your mind as well.
For one night only, we invite you to step into the future, and experience some of the most mind-altering talent this country has to offer.
To all JHBlive users we are offering you tickets at R 40 less then the door price for this week only. The last Live inna city at Carfax was a full house with over 1800 people attending. For this event only 1000 tickets are on offer. Ensure that you get your early by clicking here.
To all JHBlive users we are offering you tickets at R 40 less then the door price for this week only. The last Live inna city at Carfax was a full house with over 1800 people attending. For this event only 1000 tickets are on offer. Ensure that you get your early by .Event highlights:
Closet Snare:
One of Cape Town’s hottest new bands, blending intelligent jazz with irresistible raw grooves, Closet Snare comprises the members of the original Max Normal (minus Waddy) alongside South Africa’s best jazz drummer, Kesivan Naidoo, trombone/clarinet player Lee Thompson and visual artist Inge, who drops mind-warping visuals to the beats. It’s about time Closet Snare brought their masterful sound to Jozi.
check out Closet Snares band profile on jhblive. video included
Tumi
The Volume’s frontman and one of the top rappers in the country, hear
Tumi play tracks from his Sama-nominated new album Music From My Good Eye, which mixes poetry and social commentary with real, raw hip-hop.
Tumi will be playing with mind-bending turntablist Paperkutt.
Sibot
One half of everyone’s favourite audio terrorist group, The Real Estate Agents, and formerly Waddy Jones’s DJ since Max Normal days, Sibot is not just a turntable wizard but one of South Africa’s best producers. Sibot blends choice retro samples, dug up fresh from the crate, with crazy beats that merge hip-hop with, well, everything else.
Click here to read the review of Sibot’s latest Cd Release and get a free mp3 Dowload
Toby2shoes
(incorporating Vj Rosebud&Grumpers) South Africa’s ambassador of Balkan Beats, Toby2shoes hails from Cape Town’s legendary Balkanology parties which over two short years has gathered a following of thousands. His choice of tracks consolidates his reputation as a highly skilled, innovative Dj in general, and for this music in particular.
Click here for the full profile and Video
Story Boy
Cape Town’s hottest VJ, Storyboy, will show all those lesser artists how it’s done. Put him together with Sibot and you have a dangerous combination.
“The highlight of (Rustlers Essence Electronica festival) for myself, was Storyboy’s twenty minute sampadelic VJ/DJ set” – Richard Rumney, Music Industry online
MTKidu:
Mt and kidu loves you. The founding members of Team Uncool make glitchy, warped beats with a uniquely South African sensibility and a wicked sense of humour. Couple that with their own distinctive visuals and you have a live audio-visual experience that may just melt your mind.
The side Jive room:
The side room of the Bassline will be transformed into a lounge and dance floor area. Couches, bean bags, tables and chairs will ensure that you can relax in prefect comfort while listening to the beats of: Kid Fonqu, Richard the 3rd and Ken Zhero.
